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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The highest female voice.
Part
Soprano
Concerto
Sharp
2. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Chord progression
March
Castrato
Tone less
3. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Triad
Oratorio
Phrase
Septet
4. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Tone
Trill
Chromatic scale
Da Capo
5. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Energico
Chant
Legato
Motif
6. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Neoclassical
Refrain
Stretto
Cantata
7. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Sextet
Octet
Ricercar
Musette
8. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Cantata
Medley
Symphony
Scale
9. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Pitch
EnharmonicInterval
Parody
Tonality
10. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Harmony
Tonal
Obbligato
Part
11. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
String Quartet
Whole note
A cappella
Harmony
12. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Form
Finale
Consonance
Song cycle
13. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Operetta
Grazioso
Staccato
Coda
14. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
String Quartet
Symphony
Scordatura
Quintet
15. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Grave
Scale
Ensemble
Pastoral
16. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Polytonality
Presto
Form
Medley
17. Suite of Baroque dances.
Pastoral
Clef
Partita
EnharmonicInterval
18. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Prelude
Harmony
Introduction
Fourth
19. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Instrumentation
String Quartet
Virtuoso
Concert master
20. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Relative major and minor
Key
Tritone
Dissonance
21. The unit of musical rhythm.
Clavier
Introduction
Beat
Madrigal
22. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Major
EnharmonicInterval
Exposition
Time Signature
23. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Modes
Chamber music
Polyphony
Staff
24. A short or brief sonata.
Relative pitch
Nonet
Duet
Sonatina
25. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Finale
Tritone
Intonation
Refrain
26. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Tonic
Staff
Nocturne
Instrumentation
27. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Orchestration
Measure
Chant
Quintet
28. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Whole-tone scale
Rococo
Sextet
Canon
29. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Vivace
String Quartet
Octet
Prelude
30. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Minuet
Cadenza
Nocturne
Quadrille
31. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Modes
Pentatonic Scale
Ornaments
Tuning
32. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Overture
Cadenza
Tempo
Tablature
33. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Orchestration
Nocturne
Deceptive cadence
Encore
34. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
A cappella
Ligature
Triple time
Flat
35. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Rubato
Recapitulation
Chord
Rigaudon
36. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Minuet
Octave
Orchestration
Key signature
37. A separate section of a larger composition.
Interlude
Movement
Tuning
Pitch
38. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Vivace
Etude
Ensemble
Encore
39. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Deceptive cadence
Parody
Libretto
Renaissance
40. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Leitmotif
Monotone
Introduction
Suite
41. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Triplet
Hymn
Concert master
Classicism
42. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Medley
Slide
Virtuoso
Development
43. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Portamento
Rococo
Clef
Chord
44. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Resonance
Dissonance
Elegy
Natural
45. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Recapitulation
Intermezzo
Movement
Encore
46. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Duet
Cadenza
Virtuoso
Impromptu
47. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Rigaudon
Cantabile
March
Medley
48. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Grave
Accelerando
Septet
Prelude
49. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.
Ricercar
Opera
Voice
Harmony
50. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Musette
Reed
Dynamics
Tone less